Bag holder and filler.



No. 720,543. PATENTED PEB. 10, 1903.

H. T. WILEY.

BAG HOLDER AND FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 27, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

und, i

lull" l 'l v" -UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

HENRY TODD VILEY, OF SCO'ITDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG HOLDER AND FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,543, dated February10, 1903.

Application filed January 27, 1902. Serial No. 91.402. (No model.)

To (all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY 'loDD WILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scottdale,in the county of Westmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and.

useful Bag IIolder and Filler, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improved construction of bag holder and fillerparticularly adapted for use in connection with platform-scales.

The object of the invention is to provide au exceedingly cheap andsimple device for holding the bag while being filled; and another objectof the invention isto provide a device which can be arranged upon aplatform-scale, so that the bags can belled with a definite weight ofmaterialf Another object is to provide a device which can be quickly andeasily adjusted to receive large or small bags of paper, cloth, or othermaterial and also a device which can be adj listed to accommodate longor short bags.

A still further object is to provide a device which shall be neatandrcompact in foi-maud will combine in one article a bag holder andiiller and twine-holder.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the peculiarconstruction of the various parts and in Vtheir no`vel combination orarrangement, all of which will be fully described hereinafter andpointed out in the claims. A

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l Vis aperspective view illustrating my invention upon the ordinary plat-.form-scale, the View, being taken from the front. Fig. la is a detailView showing the loops. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device,taken from the rear. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view.'Figa 3 is a View showing' the pins. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5,5 of Fig. 3.

In constructing a device in accordance with my invention I employ thebase A, upon which are supported the upright standards B of the mainframe, connected at their upper ends by the cross-piece C, saidcross-pieceY having aV central rear extension C', from which depend twohooks C2 for the purpose of supporting a pin C3, upon which hang thepaper bags C4, said bags being preferably arranged in definite series tofacilitate handling. The standards B have longitudinal grooves Bproduced in their inner and opposing faces, and sliding in the saidgrooves between the standards is the board D, said board have ltheessentially rectangular supporting-frame E secured thereto upon thefront face, said frame receiving and supporting vthe hopper F, saidhopper being supported upon the pins E', which are arranged upon thejrear member of the hopper-supporting frame E, the side members beingprovided with pins E2, which are adapted to hold the upper edges of acloth bag or sack fastened thereon. The hopper F has a rear side F',carrying the loops F2. The sides F3 converge towardtheir lower-ends,said sides being connected by means of a cross-plate F4, riveted midwaytheir height and adjacent to their forward edges, and hinged to the saidcrossplate F4 is the adjustable front F5, having side wings F6, whichoverlap and rest against the-sides of the hopper, said wings beingslotted, 'as shown at F7, through which passes a pin F8, arranged uponthe side of the hopper,

thereby vpermitting the front to freely adjust itself to fit differentsizes of sacks.

An upright bar G is arranged centrally between the standards B andextends from the base to the top piece, the forward side of said barbeing provided with a series of ratchetteeth G', extending from a pointadjacent to the lower end to the top and which are adapted to be engagedby a pawl H, pivoted to the rear side of the sliding board D, said pawlbeing normally held. in engagement with the ratchet-bar by means of aspring IrIQattached to theboard and bearing atits free end upon theunder side of thepawl. By means of this toothed bar and thespring-actuated pawl I am enabled to adjust the board carrying thehopper at any desired position.

Whenever a cloth sack or bag is to be lled, the hopper is removed, so asto permit the sack being impaled upon the pins E', carried bythe frameE. The edges of the mouth of the sack are thus fastened and the bag orsack lis ready to receive the material to bepweighed ner of the rear ofthe hopper, are passed through the side of the bag, the board D havingopenings I opposite the pins I to receive the same. In this manner apaper bag is secured to the lower end of the hopper.

In order to support a bag or sack While being filled, I provide anadjustable platform K, the rear end of which is adapted to fit betweenthe upright standards B and has guidepins K', which engage the groovesB, said grooves having horizontal slots B2, which permit the pins K' tobe inserted into the grooves B. The platform K has brackets K2 at eachside which bear upon the forward face of the upright standards, eachbracket being preferably provided with an aperture K3, which is adaptedto receive one pin B3, carried upon the forward face of thestandard,thereby locking the brackets in position upon the said standardagainst lateral movement.

L indicates a series of hinged stops secured to the inner face of thestandards adjacent to the groove, said stops being employed to supportthe board D. The stops L are employed when the device is used for llinga number of bags of the same size, and the said stops are designed tofacilitate the operation, inasmuch as the board can be quickly raisedand lowered and will rest at the proper point each time, and it will notbe necessary to exercise the same care in adjusting the pawl as would berequired if these stops L were not in use. In order to bring them intouse, it is only necessary to turn one leaf across the face of the grooveand the lower edge of the board D will rest thereon. When not in use,the leaf is folded back and the board is free to move up and down and isdependent entirely upon the pawl I-I for its support.

Cross-strips M are arranged upon opposite sides of the standards attheir lower ends and provide a suitable receptacle for a ball of twine,shipping-tags, and similar materials, the cord being passed through aguideeye M2 for the purpose of carrying the twine to a convenient pointfor use.

The dry measures are always arranged upon the base below the adjustableplatform.

A pivoted stopv N is arranged at the upper end of the board D, said stopbeing intended to prevent the dislocation of the hopper, as it will beunderstood that when the said stop is turned forwardly-it will beimpossible to remove the hopper; but when the stopper is turnedlaterally or rearwardly the hopper can then be withdrawn by lifting thesame from the pins E.

In practice I prefer to make the hopper of sheet metal and roll theupper edge over a stout wire, which is looped at the corners, as shownin Fig. la, to provide supporting-loops to engage the pins E. The loweredges are also rolled around a wire whose ends terminate in pins orpoints I, as shown in Fig. 3a.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a device of the kind described, the combination with the mainframe, of a vertically-movable board, and means for supporting the samein its adjusted position, an essentially rectangular hopper-supportingframe attached to said board and provided with pins or studs, and ahopper adapted to be supported within the frame, said hopper having anadjustable front side, whereby the discharge end of said hopper isadjusted, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with the base andupright standards, said standards being connected at their upper ends bymeans of a cross-piece, said cross-piece having the rear extension pro`vided with bag-supporting hooks and pins, the toothed bar arrangedbetween the standards, the vertically-movable board sliding between thestandards and having a springactuated pawl adapted to engage the toothedbar, the hopper-supporting frame and the hopper connected thereto, andthe adjustable platform sliding between the standards and below thehopper, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with anessentially rectangularyshaped hopper-supporting frame having pins orstuds, of the hopper arranged within the hopper-supporting frame andsupported by said studs, the front side-of said hopper being hinged andprovided with lateral wings adapted to overlap the sides of the hopperand the movable part to which the frame is attached, substantially asand for the purpose described.

4. The combination with a hopper-supporting frame having pins, of ahopper having loops at its corners adapted to engage said pins, and theadjustable front having slotted sides, the fixed sides havingguide-pins, said pins limiting the movement of the movable side of thehopper, substantially as described.

HENRY TODD WILEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. CAMPBELL, I-I. C. I-IUBBS.

IOC

